School: Sheanmore (roll number 16197)
- Location:
- Sheeanmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0131C, Page 06_044
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- Old age and death we never know
No sickness, care, or gloom;
The land of youth, of love and truth,
From pain and sorrow free;
The land of rest, in the golden west.
On the verge of the sure sea
There are strange delights for mortal men
In that island of the west.
The sun comes down each evening
In its lovely vales to rest.
And though far and dim on the oceans rim
It seems to mortal view,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bríghid Ní Ódhra
- Gender
- Female
